Blotter attachment for fountain-pens.



' JMW Z/W A s. H. HELLER.

BLOTTER ATTACHMENT FOR FOUNTAIN PENS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1914.

1,174,415. I A Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

IN VEN T OR W1 NESSES SAMUEL H.

ED STATES PA ENT OFFICE.

HELLER, 0F LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO .ALFRED H.WORRE ST, OF LANCASTER,,PENNSYLVANIA.

BLOTTER ATTACHMTNT FOBVIFOUNTAIN-PENS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. HELLER, ofLancaster, in the county of, Lancaster and State'of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Blotter Attachments forFountain-Pens; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to an improvement in blotter attachment forfountain pens, and

it consists of'a sleeve 0r ferrule adapted to be secured to a fountainpen, and a plug of absorbentmaterial slidingly mounted in said sleeveand adapted to project therefrom at one end.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a view of a pen showing myimproyement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the attachment removed.Fig. 3 is a view in section of the attachment, and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 areviews of modifications.

1 represents the cap of a fountain pen, which is of the well knownconstruction, and 2 is a thin metal sleeve or ferrule open at both ends,and constructed to closely fit.

over the closed end of the cap. This sleeve is preferably slit at oneend, as at 3, so as to permit it to yield or give, and be forced ontothe end of the cap and be held thereon by frictional contact against thepossibility of accidental displacement or movement.

Located within the sleeve is a plug 4 of ink absorbing material,preferably made of blotting paper. This plug fits closely within thesleeve and is preferably held therein by frictional contact, and can beforced lengthwise so as to cause it to project at the outer end. Thisplug is preferably made of disks of blotting paper lightly cementedtogether so that the exposed disk. may be readily detached, or if it bemade in an in: tegral mass of blotting paper, plaster of Paris or otherink absorbing material, the projecting ink saturated end may be severedwith a knife and a new surface exposed by simply forcing the pluglengthwise in the sleeve.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

Application filed May 11, 1914. Serial No. 837,733.

The sleeve 2 ispreferably made of thin metal, but it may be rubber orother mate rial and colored to conform to the pen, and as it is attached.to the cap of the pen, it is always accessible for use, when theordinary blotting pads are not at hand or readily obtainable.

Instead of employing a sleeve to be secured to the cap of the pen asabove described, the cap '1" of the pen may be in the form of a sleeveopen at both ends as Shown in Fig. 4, and carry the blotting padtherein, and when so constructed the pad is 1n a position, when the capis covering the pen, toabsorb any ink that may leak from the pen, and ifdesired the end of the cap carrying the absorbent pad, maybe provided'with a cap or cover. 5 as shown in Fig.

' 5 or aiscrew cap as at 5 in Fig. 6 adapted "to protect the blottingpad when the latter.

is notin use.

' The blottingpad-may be pushed from the 'endiof thecap or the sleeve inthe cap, by

lar construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, but

Having fully described my invention What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:

l. A blotter cap for fountain pens consisting of a cylindrical sleeveopen at its ends, acylindrical pad of absorbent material mounted in oneend of said sleeve and held therein by frictional contact, whereby itmay be withdrawn and the exposed end detached, the other end of saidsleeve being open for attachment to the pen holder.

2. A blotter attachment for fountain pens consisting of a sleeve open atits ends and an absorbent plug composed of connected.-

specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL H. HELLER. Witnesses:

ELIAs GROFF, EMANUEL New.

